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FDR: “It is, therefore, only sound morality, as well as a sound distribution of buying power, that the benefits of the…”

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It is, therefore, only sound morality, as well as a sound distribution of buying power, that the benefits of the prosperity coming from this use of the money of all the people ought to be distributed among all the people--at the bottom as well as at the top.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt advocates for equitable distribution of prosperity, ensuring benefits reach all levels of society.

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